Sources: Miami Carol City removes Harold Barnwell from AD position

Harold Barnwell has been removed as athletic director at Carol City.
Alexia Fodere
For the Miami Herald

Harold Barnwell has been removed as athletic director at Carol City.
Alexia Fodere
For the Miami Herald

Miami Carol City has removed former football coach Harold Barnwell from his position as the school’s athletic director for undisclosed reasons.

According to a source close to the situation, the school has chosen to replace Barnwell, who served as the school’s athletic director the past two seasons, with Anthony Simons, who recently served as the band director at nearby Miami Norland.

Barnwell, an alumnus of the school, coached the Chiefs’ football team for five seasons after a long stint as assistant coach under then-coach Walt Frazier, who directed the Chiefs to three state championships.

Carol City principal Jamary Dunn did not immediately return phone calls to the Miami Herald and Barnwell could not be reached for comment.

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Columbus football coach Chris Merritt said Tuesday that junior defensive back Marlin Brooks has been moved out of intensive care after having surgery over the weekend to repair two broken vertebrae — an injury he sustained during the Explorers’ game last week against Belen Jesuit.

Brooks was injured with 7:30 remaining in the first quarter of Friday’s game at FIU Stadium and taken by ambulance to nearby Kendall Regional Hospital.

He is expected to miss the remainder of the season.

Brooks (5-10, 157 pounds) entered the season ranked the No. 22 overall prospect of the Class of 2017 in Dade by the Miami Herald.

“He had surgery to fix the two broken vertebrae and fuse them together,” Merritt said. “He’s still having some issues below his elbows, but the prognosis is good.”